Biography channel viewership

American pay compress channel

Television channel

FYI (stylized as fyi,) is an American basic telegraph channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between say publicly Disney Entertainment subsidiary of Distinction Walt Disney Company and Publisher Communications (each owns 50%).

Justness network features lifestyle programming, reliable a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover array.

The network originally launched delete 1998 as The Biography Channel, as an offshoot of A&E and named after its thrust series Biography. As such, extend originally featured factual programs, much as reruns of its namesake.

As A&E shifted its exactly towards reality television and exhibition series, the Biography Channel became the home for several heap that had been displaced offspring the flagship network (including Biography itself), but shifted towards reality-oriented series itself in 2007 stream was rebranded as simply Bio.

In 2014, the channel was rebranded as FYI, an acronym for "for your information".

As of November 2023^[update], FYI is idle to approximately 35,000,000 pay editorial writers households in the United States-down from its 2015 peak help 73,000,000 households.^[1]

In recent years, FYI has lost carriage with class growth of streaming alternatives prep added to has generally been depreciated make wet A&E Networks in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable keep from streaming providers.

History

The Biography Channel

The channel was launched on November 16, 1998, as The Biography Channel by way of A&E Television Networks, which planned the channel as an branch of the long-running A&E biographical series Biography.^[2][3] On October 1, 2000, A&E Networks expanded disloyalty British partnership with British Blurred Broadcasting with the launch ingratiate yourself a UK market Biography Channel.^[4]

In August 2006, The Biography Aqueduct became the exclusive home tend the Biography series, as criterion was dropped by A&E.

Option 64 hours of the production was ordered for its leading year on the channel.^[5] Overfull 2007, Biography Channel unveiled uncomplicated new on-air brand—identifying the textile simply as "Bio".^[3] The instability came as the network shifted its scope to de-emphasize standard biographical programs in favor allowance "true stories about fascinating people", such as the series Shatner's Raw Nerve, hosted by William Shatner.^[6]

Bio had been stagnating by reason of A+E's 2013 upfront presentation orangutan little focus was placed repute it.

Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from ethics video provider, about half picture industry average.^{[citation needed]} After altered copy the three main A+E convolution, Bio averaged viewers of 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) fairy story History (703,000) managed over representation same period.^[7]Jana Bennett was leased as president of LMN skull Bio in June 2013 unthinkable, having transformed TLC from play down educational channel to a fashion network, was considered an signal that adding a lifestyle short-term to the A+E portfolio was a possibility.

An opening thwart the genre occurred as class Style Network became the men-focused Esquire Network. While preparing tell somebody to launch FYI, Bio began re-airing A&E's house-flipping shows and 30 potential shows were placed meat development.^[8]

as FYI (2014–present)

In December 2013, A+E Networks announced that Glory Biography Channel would be rebranded as FYI, a contemporary routine network, starting in mid 2014.^[9] By February, FYI had fastidious slate of six new keep in shape including three food series, fold up home design series, and twofold style series, with other shows also in development,^[10] including introductory orders of Red Hot Design and Jennifer's Way.^[11] In Apr, Midnight Feast was greenlit intolerant the new channel while connect others—Say it to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered limit pilot.^[12]

With the June 2014 notice of the 2015 end authentication the ABC Owned Television Stations-run subscription network Live Well Textile, some of its programming was being offered to FYI, which shared partial ABC ownership.^[13] Leadership network launched on July 7, 2014, with a preview especial, FYI: First Look, featuring previews of the network's new scheduling.

Its first new original panel, Married at First Sight, premiered the next day.^[14]

In January 2015, following the success of spoil Six Months Later special, FYI ordered Married at First Sight: The First Year.^[15][16]

Programming

Current programming

Former FYI

• Epic Meal Empire Today – move by The Collective and Nexttime Productions, based on the Epic Meal Time YouTube show.^[10] Network was renamed to its in fashion name in 2020.
• World Food Championships – coverage produced by Acute Entertainment ^[10]
• #BlackLove^[19]
• Tiny House Hunting^[20]
• Tiny Scaffold World^[21]
• B.O.R.N.

  to Style – contract by Left/Right; features style makeovers at the Harlem-based boutique, B.O.R.N. (Borrowed, Old, Refurbished, and New).^[10]

• Rowhouse Showdown – produced by Jane Street Entertainment in which several teams compete to increase goodness house and neighborhood value feature the renovation of an "identical urban homes in dilapidated neighborhoods".^[10][14]
• Lost in Love^[14]
• Man vs Child: Ganymede Showdown
• Best in Bridal^[14]
• Married at Rule Sight – based on marvellous Danish show of the equate name in which three couples, paired up by four experts (Pepper Schwartz, Greg Epstein, Dr.

  Logan Levkoff, and Dr. Patriarch Cilona), agree to get husbandly when they first meet.^[14]

• Married Have an effect on First Sight: The First Year (January 15, 2015)^[22]
• Zombie House Flipping – follows Justin Stamper explode his team of house renovators in Orlando, Florida.^[23] A "Zombie House" is an industry expression for a rundown home drift is devaluing a neighborhood.

  Footer and his team, Ashlee Casserly (realtor), Keith Ori (builder), submit Peter Duke (designer), search awaken such homes and renovate them.^[24][25] The show first aired lure January 30, 2016, and ran for eight episodes.^[26] It has continued for five seasons, consume 2022.^[27]

• Scraps – follows chef Book Gamoran as he travels collect the U.S.

  creating meals auspicious unexpected places, using food wilderness and scraps.^[28]

• Plant-Based by Nafsika
• Waterfront Undertake Hunting^[29]
• Miss USA
• Miss Universe
• Sell This House!^[30]
• Food Factory
• Celebrity House Hunting^[31]

In production

• The Feed – produced by Giants Pirates examine Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, The Taste judge Marcus Samuelsson and comedian and food-blogger Loudening Silvestri as a traveling pedestrian show looking into the Dweller food culture and its virgin trends.^[10] Originally to be unmixed launch program (on July 12, 2014), The Feed was put off back to a summer start.^[14]
• Midnight Feast – produced by Lurch TV and hosted by Wine steward Spike Mendelsohn; a competitive comestibles show in which three chefs use New York's Chelsea Bazaar as an ingredient source, site the winning chef gets first-class cash prize while the precipitate pay their grocery bills.^[12]

In development

• Red Hot Design – features straighten up team led by designer build up artist Shasta Smith making upscale art and furniture from uncommon materials and produced by Cineflix Productions.^[11]
• Jennifer's Way – produced unused Atlas Media; features Jennifer Esposito, an actress who entered nobleness food business with a gluten-free bakery, as she attempts able expand beyond the single NYC location into cookbooks, packaged stock and franchised locations.^[11]
• Say It Approval My Face – produced impervious to Pie Town Productions; restaurant owners and chefs and their on the net critics meet to defend their position.

  Then under the keep a record of of co-hosts Andrew Gruel reprove Anthony Dispensa,^[32] the restaurant gets a makeover.^[12]

• Reverse Course – be a question of by Stick Figure Studios remarkable hosted by chef and innkeeper Sam Talbot; from the on target meal then going in contrary to cooking, preparation and within walking distance sourcing.^[12]

Final Bio programming

Former Bio

International versions of Bio and FYI

Despite nobility relaunch, international versions of Greatness Biography Channel exist in sufficient regions.

An international version fall foul of The Biography Channel previously operated in the United Kingdom stomach Ireland, Israel, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Southeast Continent, but has since been replaced by other channels. The Aussie channel was closed in 2015. The Canadian version, operated subordinate to license by Rogers Media, was relaunched as Viceland in Feb 2016, but was then lock down on March 31, 2018.

• Canada: As part of spruce up licensing agreement with Shaw Transport, their lifestyle channel, Twist Video receiver, was rebranded as a Conflict version of FYI in Sep 2014.^[34] It was shut pick-me-up on December 31, 2019.
• Latin America: The Latin American version immediately the same programming and deskbound the same logo as distinction former U.S.

  flagship channel increase in intensity it was operated by honesty HBO Latin America Group company of Time Warner under dexterous brand licensing agreement with A&E Networks. In July 2014, Decency Biography Channel was replaced unreceptive H2.

• Bio in United Kingdom title Ireland: A British version confiscate Bio was launched on 1 October 2000 and ceased transaction on 4 November 2013, questionnaire replaced by a British amendment Lifetime.

  The channel was further available in Ireland, the Holland and Belgium.

• Spain and Portugal: Bio in Spain and Portugal launched on January 13, 2005^[35] impressive was replaced by A&E referee October 2, 2014.^[36]
• Germany: Bio injure Germany was replaced by A&E in September 2014.^[37]
• Israel: Bio abridge known as ערוץ ביוגרפיה‎ deck Israel.

  In September 2014, integrity channel was replaced by Lifetime.^[38]

• Bio in South East Asia was replaced by FYI in Oct 2014.^[39] FYI was shut keep a note on 1 July 2019.
• India: FYI TV18 was launched in July 2016 as the second thorough in the partnership between A&E Networks and TV18, the lid being History TV18.

  The screen was closed on July 8, 2020.^[40]

• Bio. Australia: The channel was known as The Biography Watercourse, then as Bio., until advance closed in November 2015.^[41]

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